Definition of Black Hole of Calcutta

1. Noun. A dungeon (20 feet square) in a fort in Calcutta where as many as 146 English prisoners were held overnight by Siraj-ud-daula; the next morning only 23 were still alive.

Generic synonyms: Donjon, Dungeon, Keep

Lexicographical Neighbors of Black Hole Of Calcutta

Black Buddhists
Black Cat
Black Country
Black Death
Black English
Black English Vernacular
Black Forest
Black Forest gâteau
Black Forest gâteaus
Black Forest gâteaux
Black Friday
Black Fridays
Black Hand
Black Hawk
Black Hills
Black Hole of Calcutta (current term)
Black Isle
Black Jack Pershing
Black Law
Black Laws
Black Legend
Black Maria
Black Marias
Black Monk
Black Muslim
Black Muslims
Black Panther
Black Panthers
Black Plague
Black Prince

Literary usage of Black Hole of Calcutta

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of England by James Franck Bright (1889)
"The horrors of the Black Hole of Calcutta were beyond expression terrible ; the heat of the night was intense, and as the agonies of thirst and suffocation ..."

2. The Political History of England by William Hunt, Reginald Lane Poole (1912)
"The tragedy of " the Black Hole of Calcutta" added to the public gloom, which since the dismissal of Pitt had again set in ..."

3. Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries by William Fordyce Mavor (1797)
"HOLWELL AND OTHERS, IN THE BLACK-HOLE OF CALCUTTA. AMIDST the various pictures of human mi- fery, ..."

4. Readings in Modern European History: A Collection of Extracts from the by James Harvey Robinson, Charles Austin Beard (1908)
"An account of this episode of the "Black Hole" of Calcutta is given by an officer who was at the time in the service of the East India Service. ..."

5. History of India by Abraham Valentine Williams Jackson, Henry Miers Elliot, Romesh Chunder Dutt, Vincent Arthur Smith, Stanley Lane-Poole, Sir William Wilson Hunter, Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall (1907)
"The Black Hole of Calcutta The Black Hole of Calcutta is the name giren to a room in the garrison in ii'hich 136 ..."

6. A History of England by James Franck Bright (1889)
"The horrors of the Black Hole of Calcutta were beyond expression terrible ; the heat of the night was intense, and as the agonies of thirst and suffocation ..."

7. The Political History of England by William Hunt, Reginald Lane Poole (1912)
"The tragedy of " the Black Hole of Calcutta" added to the public gloom, which since the dismissal of Pitt had again set in ..."

8. Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries by William Fordyce Mavor (1797)
"HOLWELL AND OTHERS, IN THE BLACK-HOLE OF CALCUTTA. AMIDST the various pictures of human mi- fery, ..."

9. Readings in Modern European History: A Collection of Extracts from the by James Harvey Robinson, Charles Austin Beard (1908)
"An account of this episode of the "Black Hole" of Calcutta is given by an officer who was at the time in the service of the East India Service. ..."

10. History of India by Abraham Valentine Williams Jackson, Henry Miers Elliot, Romesh Chunder Dutt, Vincent Arthur Smith, Stanley Lane-Poole, Sir William Wilson Hunter, Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall (1907)
"The Black Hole of Calcutta The Black Hole of Calcutta is the name giren to a room in the garrison in ii'hich 136 ..."

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